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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26. 1918.

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RAILWAY-LINK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Application filed December 26, 1918. Serial No. 268,315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Loowrc W. EISINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bronxville, in the county of l/Vestchester and State of New York, have invented; a new and Improved Railway-Link, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention has for its object to provide connecting means by which passengers may be transferred from a local or express train on one main line to a local or express train on another main railway line.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specificationv in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views,

in which- Figure 1 is a plan view showing my improvement;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1';

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 5 and Fig. 4 1s a sectional of Fig. 2.

In the construction of two parallel main railway lines, each having express and local tracks, there has been great difficulty in providing' a link or connection by means of which passengers may be conveniently transferred from a local or express tram on one of the main lines to an express or local train, as may be desired, on the other main line. These difficulties are overcome by the construction which I will now describe.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the two main lines referred to, are shown at 10 and 11. The express tracks on the main line 10 are indicatedat 12 and the local tracks on the said main line are indi' cated at 13 and 14. The express tracks on the mainline 11 are indicated at 15 and the local tracks on the said main line 11 are indicated at 16 and 17.

As these main lines 10 and 11 are spaced some distance apart, means must be provided to transfer passengers from express or local trains on one main line to the express or local trains on the other line, and it has not been found convenient to do this by means of shuttle trains. I, therefore, have provided means by which alternate local trains on each of the main lines will be view on the line 44 switched to two sets of additional double tracks 18 which will lead them from one of the main lines to the other. One set of these additional double tracks is shown at 19, 20 and the other set of additional double tracks is shown at 21, 22. The additional tracks 21, 22 extend in one direction, one from each of the tracks 13 and 14, at one side of the station 23; then transversely along the portions 24 of the station 23 and to the main line 11; the tracks 21 and 22 then again extending in the said direction; the track 21 connecting with the track 16 and the track. 22 connecting with the track 17.

It will be seen that by this means, some of the trains on the local tracks 13 and 14 will continue along the main line 10 beyond the station 23, while other trains on the tracks 14 will be switched to the track 22, the extending portion 24 of the station 23 permitting the trains passing from the tracks 14 tothe tracks 22 to stop at the station 23 before the train passing on the tracks 22 reaches the main line 11. A station 25 at the main line 11 is provided having a projecting portion 26' along which the tracks 22 extend, so that the train passing along the track 22 may stop at the projecting portion 26 of-the station 25 at the a main line 11. The track 22 then continues in the same direction in which it is disposed when first leaving the tracks 14, and being connected with the track 17.

In a similar manner, the track 21 is connected by means of a suitable switch with the track 16, so that a train running on the track 16 may be switched to the track 21, the track 21' passing by the projecting portion 26 of the station 25 to permit of the discharge of passengers at the said station; then extending transversely to the main line 10; then passing the station 23; and then, being connected with the track 13 of the main line 10.

For convenience, it may be stated that the tracks 14 and 17 are northbound tracks, and the tracks 13 and 16 are southbound. It will be understood that passengers northbound traveling on certain of. the trains running on tracks 14 may be trans,- ferred to the northbound tracks on, the tracks 17 Also passengers traveling on the southbound tracks 16 may be transferred by the tracks 21 to the southbound tracks 13. It will also be understood that the stations 23 and 25 permit the passengers to leave the trains passing on the transfer tracks 21 and 22. The tracks 19 and 20 extend from the main line '10 at points north of the station 23 to the main line 11 south of the station 25, and these tracks 19 and 20 are disposed under the tracks 21 and 22 at 27. Certain of the southbound trains on the tracks 13 will be switched to the tracks 19, stopping at the stations 23 and 25, and thence to the southbound tracks 16 of the main line 11. Certain of the nortlr bound trains 011 the tracks 17 will be switched to the tracks 20, stopping at the stations 25 and 23, and running from the tracks 20 to the northbound tracks 14 on the same line 10.

As the tracks 21 are disposed under the main line tracks 10, and as the tracks 22 are disposed under the main line tracks 11, and as the tracks 21 and 22 are disposed over the tracks 19 and 20 when they cross, it will be seen that certain of the local trains either north or southbound may be transferred from either the main tracks 10 or 11 to the other main tracks without interfering with the passage of the other local or express trains passing. 'Additional local and express stations 28, 29, 30 and 31 are provided; the stations 28 and 29 being disposed on the main line 10; the stations 28 being south of the station 23, and the station 29 being north of the station 23. The stations 30 and 31 are on the main line 11, the station 30 being south of the station 25 and the station 31 being north of the station 25. These stations 28, 29, 30* and 31 permit the passengers to transfer from express trains to local trains which will be switched to the tracks 19, 20, 21 and 22, and these transfers may be made either north or south of the stations 23- and 25.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a railway link, two main lines each having double tracks, and additional tracks from the tracks on one of the main lines which cross each other, one over the other, which connect with the tracks on the other main line.

2. In a railway link, two main lines each having express tracks and double local tracks, two additional double tracks which extend from the local tracks on one of the main lines to the local tracks on the other main line, one of the additional double tracks crossing over the other additional double track, and two stations for local and express trains, one on each main line, the stations extending beyond the main lines along the two additional double tracks.

3. In a railway link, two main lines, each having express tracks and double local tracks, two additional double tracks which extend from the local tracks on one of the main lines to the local tracks on the other main line, one of the additional double tracks crossing over the other additional double tracks, two stations at the tracks on the other main line, one at each side of the connections between the said main lines and the additional double tracks, and two additional stations, one on each of the main lines, the last mentioned stations being each disposed between two of the first mentioned stations and extending along the additional double tracks.

4c. In a railway link, two main lines, each having double tracks, two additional double tracks which extend from the tracks on one of the main lines to the tracks on the other main line, one of the additional double tracks crossing over the other additional double track, and two stations, one on each main line, the stations extending beyond the main lines along the two additional double tracks.

5. In a railway link, two main lines each having express tracks and double local tracks, transverse double tracks which extend in one direction from the local tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely to the other main line, then again in the said direction'to the local tracks on the said other main line, additional double tracks which extend in the opposite direction from the local tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely and under the first transversely disposed double tracks to the other main line, then again in the said opposite direction to the local tracks on the said other main line. V

6. In a railway link, two main lines each having express tracks and double local tracks, transverse double tracks which extend in one direction from the local tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely to the other main line, then again in the said direction to the local tracks 011 the said other main line, additional double tracks which extend in the opposite direction from the local tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely and under the first transversely disposed double tracks to the other main line, then again in the said opposite direction to the local tracks on the said other main line, and two stations, one at each of the main lines, which extend along the transversely extending portions of the transversely disposed double tracks.

7 In av railway link, two main lines each having express tracks and double local tracks, transverse double tracks which extend in one direction from the local tracks on One of the main lines, then transversely to the other main line, then again in the said direction to the local tracks on the said other main line, additional double tracks which extend in the opposite direction from the local tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely and under the first transve'rsely disposed doubletracks to the other main line, then again in the said opposite direction to the local tracks on the said other main line, two stations, one at each of the main lines, which extend along the transversely extending portions of the transversely disposed double tracks, and additional stations on the main lines disposed beyond the connections of the transverse double tracks with the local tracks of the main lines.

8. In a railway link, two main lines, each having double tracks, transverse double tracks which extend in one direction from the tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely to the other main line then again in the said direction to the tracks on the said other main line, additional double tracks which extend in the opposite direction from the tracks on one of the main lines, then transversely and under the first transversely disposed double tracks to the other main line, and then again in the said opposite direction to the tracks on the said other main line.

LUDWIG W. EISINGER. 

